Register



G. W. DRULINER.

REGISTER. APPLICAHON FILED Aus.1a,19"|y.

1,33,2 1 0. l Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

D@ @QJ GEORGE W. DRULINER, OF MINNEAPLIS, 1VIINNESOTA.

REGISTER.

Application led August 18, 1919.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. DRULINER, a citizen of the United States, residing .at the city of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in registers.

My improvements are specially designed by me and I have shown the same in the accompanying drawing as embodied in wall registers although my improvements are applicable to other types.

The main object of this invention is to provide an improved register in which the register plate frame or the front of the register is securely mounted on the stack head or register boX without the aid of bolts or screws.

Further objects, and objects relating to structural details, will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification. The invention is clearly delined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which:

Figure I is a front elevation of my improved register boX, a portion of a floor and wall being shown to illustrate the register in an operative relation. r

'F ig. II is a front view of the register box or stack head with the register plate and its frame removed.

Fig. III is a rear view of the register plate frame.

Fig. IV is a detail horizontal section on a line corresponding to line 1 4 of Figs. I, II and III.

Fig. V is an enlarged detail horizontal section on a line corresponding to line 5 5 of Figs. I, II and III showing details of the register plate frame mountings. l

In the drawing similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and the sectional views are taken looking in the direction of the little arrows at the ends of the section lines.

Referring to the drawing, the register box or stack head designated generally by the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1929.

Serial No. 31 ,149.

numeral l is of the double wall type but as the structural details of this box form no part of my present invention, they are no*v illustrated herein.

The inner and outer walls 2 and 8 respectively are spaced to receive the channel or U shaped members l which are disposed between the walls with their edges 5 folded over the forward edges thereof.

Tie U shaped spring retaining clips o1- Inembers 6 are arranged within these channel members being secured therein by rivets 7 disposed through the bights of the retaining members and the bights of the channel members, as shown in Fig. V. These retaining members are converged forwardly to provide a restricted throat at 8, the ends of the arms being diverged outwardly beyond this throat to provide for the ready entrance for the coacting part on the register plate frame.

rIhe frame 9 for the grid or register plate l0 has flanges ll thereon adapted to telescope with the channel members and engage these spring retaining members. rIhese flanges have enlargements at 12 at their edges adapted to pass through the throats and provide more secure engagement with the retaining members. To engage or disengage the register plate it is only necessary to push the same into or pull the same from the retaining members. Howe rer, `when the parts are engaged, they are very secure.

In the structure illustrated, the channel members are provided at the sides and top of the box. The coacting flanges entering` these channels form effective joints so that hot air can not escape between the register plate and the wall as 13.

rlhe register plate frame has a flange 14 about its opening which lits within the inner wall 2 of the box. It is quite common practice to secure the face plate or register plate frame to the wall and it not infrequently happens that owing to the positioning of the studding it is quite impossible to effectively secure and support the face plate. IIowever, by my improvements it is immaterial how the register box or stack head may be placed in the wall as the face plate or register plate frame is mounted directly and securely upon the register boX and may be quickly placed or removed as occasion requires.

I have illustrated and described my imllO provements in a form or adaptation which find very practical. I have not attempted to illustrate or describe my improvements in other embodiments and adaptations as I believe the disclosure made will enable those skilled in the art to which my invention relates to embody or adapt the same as may be desired.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. In a register, the combination of a double walled box, forwardly facing channel members disposed between the walls at the sides and top of the box with their edges folded over the adjacent edges of the walls, U-shaped spring retaining members secured at their bights to the bights of said channel members, the arms of said retaining members being converged forwardly and then diverged, and ya register plate frame having rearwardly projecting flanges telescoping with said channel members and engaging the said spring retaining members, said flanges having enlargements at their rear edges.

2. In a register, the combination of a double walled box, forwardly facing channel members disposed between the walls of the box, U-shaped spring retaining members secured at their bights to the bights of said channel members, the arms of said retaining members being converged forwardly, and a register plate having rearwardly projecting ianges telescoping with said channel members and engaging the said spring retaining members, said flanges having enlargements at their rear edges.

3. In a register, the combination of a double walled box, forwardly facing channel members disposed between the walls of said box, U-shaped spring retaining members secured at their bights to the bights of said channel members, and a register plate frame having flanges on its rear side telescoping with said channel members and engaging the said spring retaining members.

g. l. In a register, the combination of a box, forwardly facing channel menbers on said box, U-shaped spring retaining members secured at their bights to the bights of said channel members, and a register plate frame having flanges on its rear side t-elescoping with said channel members and engaging the said spring retaining members.

5. In a register, the combination of a double walled box, forwardly facing channel members disposed between the walls of said box, spring retaining members mounted in said channel members, and a register plate frame having flanges on its rear side telelscoping with said channel members and engaging the said spring retaining members.

6. In a register, the combination of a box, forwardly facing channel members, spring retaining members mounted in said channel members, and a register plate frame having flanges on its rear side telescoping with said ,channel members and engaging the said spring retaining members.

7. In a register, the combination of a box, U-shaped spring retaining members having restricted throat portions mounted on said box and a register plate having flanges with enlargements at their rear edges engageable with said retaining members.

8. In a register, the combination of a box, spring retaining members mounted on said box and a register plate having coacting members engageable with said retaining' ,members f In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE w. DRULINER.

Witnesses R. C. GUsTAFsoN, JOHANNAH GUsTArsoN. 

